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I recently picked up a copy of a promotional magazine for the upcoming game, 'warhammer 40000: Space Marine' at my local games workshop and on the center pages there is a breakdown of the physiology of a space marine.
Height: 7"2
Weight: 700lbs or 50 stone in power armour.

Along with those it also had descriptions of the other modifications space marines undergo such as the insertion of the progenoud glands and the catalepsean node in the brain.
Several other modifications are also detailed and if anybody would like to know more of them then I would be happy to put the details up.

I thought I would share thise with the Dakka community.

Bede.

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UGH! Not this argument again... Next thing we know, grey knights are going to be falling to Chaos.

Space Marines are measured in the height of plot. If THQ can only afford the budget for a 7ft tall marine, then the plot demands it, if Jes only has the clay to scale one to 7 or 8 feet, then its that tall...

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Alfndrate wrote:UGH! Not this argument again... Next thing we know, grey knights are going to be falling to Chaos.

Space Marines are measured in the height of plot. If THQ can only afford the budget for a 7ft tall marine, then the plot demands it, if Jes only has the clay to scale one to 7 or 8 feet, then its that tall...

You sound mad, that your incorrect viewpoint about space marine height is once again evidenced to be wrong

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When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence.

Lulz, can you imagine walking up to a 6'9 space marine and informing him that he's a runt? I wonder just how many ways he'd think of to explain the severity of your insubordination to you.

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Inquisitorial lesson #298: Why to Hate Choas Gods, cont'd-
With Chaos, Tzeench would probably turn your hands, feet and face into
scrotums, complete with appropriate nerve endings. Then Khorne would
force you and all your friends to fight to the death using your new
scrotal appendages. Once they get tired of that, you get tossed to
Slaanesh who <censored by order of the Inquisition>, until you finally
end up in Nurgle's clutches and he uses you as a loofah.

Napolean was of average height for his time and place. He just surrounded himself with people that had a height requirement.

"'players must agree how they are going to select their armies, and if any restrictions apply to the number and type of models they can use."

This is an actual rule in the actual rulebook. Quit whining about how you can imagine someone's army touching you in a bad place and play by the actual rules.

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When people ask, "What's the point in understanding everything?" they've just disqualified themselves from using questions and should disappear in a puff of paradox. But they don't understand and just continue existing, which are also their only two strategies for life.

Noah Steere is a pro bodybuilder, 6'6 350 lbs. Dalip Singh is about 385 at 7'1 but not nearly as big or lean. At 7' you're looking at around 450 lbs realistically for someone of absurd musculature who is very lean.

ph34r wrote:Space marine is spot on in terms of adherence to 40k background.

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Alfndrate wrote:UGH! Not this argument again... Next thing we know, grey knights are going to be falling to Chaos.

Space Marines are measured in the height of plot. If THQ can only afford the budget for a 7ft tall marine, then the plot demands it, if Jes only has the clay to scale one to 7 or 8 feet, then its that tall...

You sound mad, that your incorrect viewpoint about space marine height is once again evidenced to be wrong

Angry? Nah, just tired. Did you not read the part where I said they're measured in height of plot Who is to say that my viewpoint is less correct than the design team at THQ? Everyone is human, and who's to say that in 6th edition Marines won't be 6 feet tall, or 10+ feet tall.

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NuggzTheNinja wrote:Noah Steere is a pro bodybuilder, 6'6 350 lbs. Dalip Singh is about 385 at 7'1 but not nearly as big or lean. At 7' you're looking at around 450 lbs realistically for someone of absurd musculature who is very lean.

NuggzTheNinja wrote: At 7' you're looking at around 450 lbs realistically for someone of absurd musculature who is very lean.

Space Marines are ~700 pounds outside their armor. That's where their unbelievable size comes from, not their height.

"'players must agree how they are going to select their armies, and if any restrictions apply to the number and type of models they can use."

This is an actual rule in the actual rulebook. Quit whining about how you can imagine someone's army touching you in a bad place and play by the actual rules.

Freelance Ontologist

When people ask, "What's the point in understanding everything?" they've just disqualified themselves from using questions and should disappear in a puff of paradox. But they don't understand and just continue existing, which are also their only two strategies for life.

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